Essays about: "Disasters"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 403 essays containing the word Disasters.

  1. 1. “Whaddaya Mean Biblical?” Apocalypticism and Apocalypse in Ghostbusters (1984)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Jack Roempke Andersson; [2024-03-06]
    Keywords : Ghostbusters; apocalypticism; intertextuality; exegesis; reception history; apocalyptic hermeneutic;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine the sci-fi horror comedy film Ghostbusters (1984) from an exegetical perspective of reception history with a focus on questions of apocalypticism and apocalypse. This splits the study in two, with the first question being what the four ghostbusters of the movie mean when they talk about the end of the world in a biblical context: their apocalyptic hermeneutic. READ MORE

  3. 2. Holistic Assessment of Critical Infrastructure Resilience during Disasters (HACIRD) - A case study of the 2023 Kahramanmaras earthquakes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Erik Kimblad; [2024]
    Keywords : Critical infrastructure; Lifeline; Resilience; Interdependencies; Earthquake; Natural hazards; Turkey; Holistic; Disaster; Framework; Assessment; Empirical; Case study; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : On February 6, 2023, two earthquakes (7.8MW and 7.7MW) struck Turkey within nine hours, resulting in over 50,000 fatalities and significant damage to critical infrastructures (CI) which provide services essential for the functioning of society. READ MORE

  4. 3. Unpredictability: Natural disasters effect on rebel group recruitment

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Emma Strömqvist; [2024]
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    Abstract : As natural disasters become more prominent, so do their consequences. One of these effects is how natural disasters affect rebel group recruitment. To investigate these effects, a comparative across-case study, using the two rebel groups, Pattani insurgents and the Kashmir insurgents, was conducted. READ MORE

  5. 4. DRR in Colombia: The risk of reproducing rather than reducing disasters : A discourse analysis on the local sense-making of DRR in Huila, Colombia

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Daniel Magnil; [2024]
    Keywords : Disaster Risk Reduction; Vulnerability; Knowledge; Discourse Analysis;

    Abstract : The international community has been working on reducing disaster risks for decades, investing millions of dollars and implementing hundreds of projects in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). There is a broad consensus nowadays between academia and practitioners of how disasters result from exposure and vulnerabilities, where it’s essential to reduce these vulnerabilities. READ MORE

  6. 5. NO ONE LEFT BEHIND? The ability of EU policies to support the capabilities of stateless people facing climate change-induced disasters

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sophie Auckram; [2023-08-31]
    Keywords : statelessness; vulnerability; EU; capability approach; climate change-induced disasters;

    Abstract : Statelessness is an issue that has affected Europe since the end of World War II, as nation-state boundaries have constrained which people have a nationality and which do not. In the instance of a climate change-induced disaster, stateless people are hyper-marginalised for two distinct reasons: they tend to live in high-risk locations, and they are in danger of being overlooked by state institutions. READ MORE